Black 0;30 Dark Gray 1;30 Red 0;31 Light Red 1;31 Green 0;32 Light Green 1;32 Brown/Orange 0;33 Yellow 1;33 Blue 0;34 Light Blue 1;34 Purple 0;35 Light Purple 1;35 Cyan 0;36 Light Cyan 1;36 Light Gray 0;37 White 1;37 #--- constant part! # RED='\033[0;31m' NC='\033[0m' # No Color printf "I ${RED}love${NC} Stack Overflow\n" echo -e "I ${RED}love${NC} Stack Overflow" don't add "\n" when using echo unless you want to add additional empty line # ------------------------------------------------------------- # Reset Color_Off='\033[0m' # Text Reset # Regular Colors Black='\033[0;30m' # Black Red='\033[0;31m' # Red Green='\033[0;32m' # Green Yellow='\033[0;33m' # Yellow Blue='\033[0;34m' # Blue Purple='\033[0;35m' # Purple Cyan='\033[0;36m' # Cyan White='\033[0;37m' # White # Bold BBlack='\033[1;30m' # Black BRed='\033[1;31m' # Red BGreen='\033[1;32m' # Green BYellow='\033[1;33m' # Yellow BBlue='\033[1;34m' # Blue BPurple='\033[1;35m' # Purple BCyan='\033[1;36m' # Cyan BWhite='\033[1;37m' # White # Underline UBlack='\033[4;30m' # Black URed='\033[4;31m' # Red UGreen='\033[4;32m' # Green UYellow='\033[4;33m' # Yellow UBlue='\033[4;34m' # Blue UPurple='\033[4;35m' # Purple UCyan='\033[4;36m' # Cyan UWhite='\033[4;37m' # White # Background On_Black='\033[40m' # Black On_Red='\033[41m' # Red On_Green='\033[42m' # Green On_Yellow='\033[43m' # Yellow On_Blue='\033[44m' # Blue On_Purple='\033[45m' # Purple On_Cyan='\033[46m' # Cyan On_White='\033[47m' # White # High Intensity IBlack='\033[0;90m' # Black IRed='\033[0;91m' # Red IGreen='\033[0;92m' # Green IYellow='\033[0;93m' # Yellow IBlue='\033[0;94m' # Blue IPurple='\033[0;95m' # Purple ICyan='\033[0;96m' # Cyan IWhite='\033[0;97m' # White # Bold High Intensity BIBlack='\033[1;90m' # Black BIRed='\033[1;91m' # Red BIGreen='\033[1;92m' # Green BIYellow='\033[1;93m' # Yellow BIBlue='\033[1;94m' # Blue BIPurple='\033[1;95m' # Purple BICyan='\033[1;96m' # Cyan BIWhite='\033[1;97m' # White # High Intensity backgrounds On_IBlack='\033[0;100m' # Black On_IRed='\033[0;101m' # Red On_IGreen='\033[0;102m' # Green On_IYellow='\033[0;103m' # Yellow On_IBlue='\033[0;104m' # Blue On_IPurple='\033[0;105m' # Purple On_ICyan='\033[0;106m' # Cyan On_IWhite='\033[0;107m' # White